Vittorio De Sica's BICYCLE THIEVES (35MM) (1948) @ The Hi-Pointe!

General Admission - $11
Student/Senior - $8
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IS the book better? Find out for sure: https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Thieves-Luigi-Bartolini/dp/0856175617/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MXNY2M67DXB3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZLRcOATUqhoFIqbxiK9bMA.jhqpINyJara0ZAT9jAyxIBnKCSPysMA_wTS-vkM7tFY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Bicycle+Thieves+by+Luigi+Bartolini&qid=1755662165&s=books&sprefix=bicycle+thieves+by+luigi+bartolini%2Cstripbooks%2C102&sr=1-1#
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Coming SOON!
https://hipointetheatre.org/coming-soon/

August 2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UowoLGVhEYSj_x1tVbOMHSmU7AFoedZv/view

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ADVANCE TICKETS:

This process does NOT get you a specific seat in the theater. If you believe an event like this might sell out though, have at it. It does allow you to make a convenient additional donation to Cinema St. Louis, if you're so inclined.

https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/187734/

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PARKING:

The Hi-Pointe has its own parking in various places behind the theater, but in 45 years of going there, I have never used it.

After 6PM M-F, after 12PM Saturday, and ALL DAY SUNDAY, there’s plenty of FREE parking right next door HERE:

Lindell Bank
6900 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63139
314-645-7700

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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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Based on *Bicycle Thieves (*1946) by Luigi Bartolini.

The single best-known work of postwar Italian neorealist cinema, with a script by the movement’s leading theoretician/philosopher, Cesare Zavattini. Using nonprofessional performers and shooting in the real streets of Rome, Bicycle Thieves tells the story of a penniless man (Lamberto Maggiorani) who’s first overjoyed to find a job hanging posters that will allow him to provide for his family, then crestfallen when the bicycle he needs for his work is stolen. A simple story, told honestly and with infinite compassion—and a quiet revolution in world cinema.

“A brilliant and devastating film.” Bosley Crowther, New York Times

“A wholly satisfying film in that de Sica has so simplified and mastered the mechanics of the job that nothing stands between you and his intention.” – Richard Winnington, Sight & Sound

NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 99% on the Tomatometer and a 94% on the Popcornmeter.

https://hipointetheatre.org/showtimes/bicycle-thieves-8-25-25-700-pm/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieves